The
international symposium is a collaboration between the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the MAK. The event will be opened
by Ulrike Kuch, Rector of the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and Lilli Hollein, Director-General and Academic Director
of the MAK.
On the occasion of the MAK exhibition Vally Wieselthier. Ceramic Sculptor (29
April 2026 – 10 January 2027) and based on her depictions of dancers, the symposium examines the close relationship between
dance, art, and design from the early 20th century to the present.
In the first part of
our symposium, Stepping Out of Line: The Liberated Body Between Art, Emancipation, and Politics in Modernism, we
will discuss how dance and design have influenced each other, as well as how they have been inspired by the visual arts since
1900. Speakers will address the impact of women’s liberation, Orientalism in Europe, and the study of sexuality on modern
dance.
In the second part of our symposium, Dance in Transition: The Future
Body at the Intersection of Mythology, Anthropology, and Technology, speakers will discuss collaborations between choreographers
and artists, choreographers and fashion designers, as well as the critical role of anthropology in redefining the avant-garde
and discourse surrounding the “new human” in dance and design.
Concept and co-organisation:
Elana
Shapira, lecturers in the Department of Cultural Studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna
Anne-Katrin
Rossberg (MAK)
Registration
Participation is free, subject to registration
With the kind support of the City of Vienna and the Embassy of the Federal Republic
of Germany.
